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Businesses in Minneapolis are planning to close Friday to protest ICE
NBC “news” ^ | By Suzanne Gamboa and Natasha Korecki

Posted on 01/23/2026 6:21:03 AM PST by MrRelevant

MINNEAPOLIS — Even with a below-freezing forecast through the end of the week, several residents and business owners said they are planning to turn out Friday for an “ICE Out” day of protest in the city.

Organizers are calling for no work, no school and no shopping, and some businesses said they would close their doors as part of the civil action.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: ice; minneapolis; minnesota; protest
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To: MrRelevant

Citizens can take note of where to do business depending on their political views. I can imagine any businesses remaining open will be subject to fascist mobs.


21 posted on 01/23/2026 6:39:38 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: brownsfan

“Just close Minneapolis. It’s tragic what has happened to a once fine city.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uO7tXrzzqM


22 posted on 01/23/2026 6:40:51 AM PST by ClaytonForester
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To: suthener

What about the learing centers?


23 posted on 01/23/2026 6:41:16 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MplsSteve

Here is the list of folks giving themselves a day off…

All local one offs….

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/growing-number-of-minnesota-businesses-announce-plans-to-close-for-jan-23-strike


24 posted on 01/23/2026 6:42:32 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: stars & stripes forever

That’s one silver lining.


25 posted on 01/23/2026 6:42:53 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MrRelevant

Morons,,,,now I know how Walz and Frey got elected……complete idiots.


26 posted on 01/23/2026 6:42:58 AM PST by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Lizavetta

Mental illness.


27 posted on 01/23/2026 6:43:36 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: crusty old prospector

“-20”

Fact check.

It is -19.

Lol.


28 posted on 01/23/2026 6:45:24 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: suthener

Closed in solidarity.
Forward all calls to Mogadishu.


29 posted on 01/23/2026 6:46:11 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: MrRelevant

Pretty bitter cold there. Probably more reason to close than ICE. Ruining one’s own economy for no good reason only punishes yourselves, not ICE.


30 posted on 01/23/2026 6:46:24 AM PST by dforest
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To: suthener

They may lear a lot from this.


31 posted on 01/23/2026 6:47:31 AM PST by dforest
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To: MrRelevant

Then these businesses should put their money where their mouths are. Donate money to a Somali day care center.


32 posted on 01/23/2026 6:47:38 AM PST by MAGA2017
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To: MrRelevant
The schools are closed along with several government agencies and NFP's that cater to seniors and poor people in DeKalb, IL. Current temp is -12, Feel Like is -35.

With all of the pre-virtue signaling leading up to a "sympathy strike" here to support the Minnie protests, I did not see any signalers pledge to avoid Uber Eats or Door Dash today. That kind of support is for little people who pay taxes.

33 posted on 01/23/2026 6:48:07 AM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: cgbg

When I left for an appointment today it was -21. Now it is only -19.


34 posted on 01/23/2026 6:50:49 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: cgbg

I calculated -19.6 F but I rounded down. Sorry.


35 posted on 01/23/2026 6:52:52 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: shelterguy

Wow, it’s almost as if it’s....winter.


36 posted on 01/23/2026 6:53:57 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: crusty old prospector

Good. Let ‘em freeze.


37 posted on 01/23/2026 6:54:22 AM PST by rbg81 (=)
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To: MrRelevant

PLEASE CLOSE AND RESLIZE HOW UNIMPORTANT YOU ARE. Life goes on without you.


38 posted on 01/23/2026 6:55:36 AM PST by Singermom
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To: MrRelevant

Get out the water cannons and SOAK EM.

Then take away their welfare benefits for TREASON.


39 posted on 01/23/2026 6:57:54 AM PST by Singermom
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To: MrRelevant

-19°F. Are they still out in the cold?


40 posted on 01/23/2026 6:59:28 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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